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you seem to be missing a major point of john kerry's testimony. you stated several times what the secretary says the u.s. does not have any obligations under the treaty. he didn't say that. what he testified to is we have already met our obligations under patrice so we need to take not so we need to take h we net ty we need to take no additional action to comply. peer administration today and another times has repeatedly stated before this committee that all legislation necessary to implement the treaty already exist, so therefore the conversation we have had about what the ruds look like are important to amplify that and to make sure there is no views that would undermine that reality. the concern that the treaty committee could suddenly declare itself the arbiter of ruds simply doesn't in my mind hold water in the context of some of our history here. for over 20 years we have been a party to the international covenant on civil and political rights or what is called the c aicc aiccpr. we gratified that the number of ruds which are similar to thos
you seem to be missing a major point of john kerry's testimony. you stated several times what the secretary says the u.s. does not have any obligations under the treaty. he didn't say that. what he testified to is we have already met our obligations under patrice so we need to take not so we need to take h we net ty we need to take no additional action to comply. peer administration today and another times has repeatedly stated before this committee that all legislation necessary to implement...
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madam president, senator kerry and i said -- senator kerry and i, as i said, were both members of the class of 1984 here in the senate. we worked together to end illegal support for the contras in nicaragua and we have collaborated on a range of human rights issues since then. in particular, in particular, i salute his tireless and valiant attempt last year to pass the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. madam president, i can't tell you how hard he worked on that, to get it through the committee and before that working with others to make sure that we had a good convention with the u.n. that mirrored our own americans with disabilities act. john kerry worked tirelessly on this, and i am deeply grateful for all of that work and the passionate commitment that he made to this treaty. i know that he shares my disappointment that the senate failed to give its consent to this treaty, but i look forward to working with him in his new role as secretary of state and with senator menendez, our new chair of the senate foreign relations committee, not only to promote the conve
madam president, senator kerry and i said -- senator kerry and i, as i said, were both members of the class of 1984 here in the senate. we worked together to end illegal support for the contras in nicaragua and we have collaborated on a range of human rights issues since then. in particular, in particular, i salute his tireless and valiant attempt last year to pass the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. madam president, i can't tell you how hard he worked on that, to get it...
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senator kerry understands that. he understands that through diplomacy, we can avoid unnecessary military action. he understands through diplomacy, we can make america safer. he understands through international development assistance, we can strengthen countries, make them more stable and less likely to need to use our military. that's the type of leader that we need as secretary of state. we have a great leader today in secretary clinton and i think senator kerry will follow in that tradition. take a look at his record, senator kerry's record, of advancing america's interests. we have a safer world today through senator kerry's efforts. we, as you know, approved the new start treaty with russia, reducing the amount of nuclear weapons between russia and the united states. that makes this world safer. his record on human rights is well-known, from cambodia to burma, to kosovo and many other places around the world, senator kerry has been a leader in advancing the cause of human rights. we already heard senator menend
senator kerry understands that. he understands that through diplomacy, we can avoid unnecessary military action. he understands through diplomacy, we can make america safer. he understands through international development assistance, we can strengthen countries, make them more stable and less likely to need to use our military. that's the type of leader that we need as secretary of state. we have a great leader today in secretary clinton and i think senator kerry will follow in that tradition....
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i think it's quite auspicious that today secretary kerry is actually in seoul. it's one of those things for nobody anticipated the timing and particularly the tensions are rising on the korean peninsula. you spent a lot of time traveling and the question of your insider's view is how did you actually described our partnerships with south korea, japan and china, particularly as we reach the states, anniversaries of particular interest, which for some reason could be triggers in terms of them trying to show their strength from pyongyang? >> he's in the region. he just had a press conference and it is important to remember we are at a unique time in northeast asia and that the leaders of japan, south korea, north korea and china are all relatively new. this is a timely visit by secretary kerry to establish those relationships, to consult on a tense time in the korean peninsula and make clear our resolve and standing by partners as well as communicating with the chinese about the best approach vis-À-vis north korea. it is important to recognize we been through thes
i think it's quite auspicious that today secretary kerry is actually in seoul. it's one of those things for nobody anticipated the timing and particularly the tensions are rising on the korean peninsula. you spent a lot of time traveling and the question of your insider's view is how did you actually described our partnerships with south korea, japan and china, particularly as we reach the states, anniversaries of particular interest, which for some reason could be triggers in terms of them...
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amanda kerri and calamity which is full of suffering and displacement of people without precedent in recent history. the syrians need assistance and they need it now. they have right to assistance based on criteria of humanity, the most elementary codify humanitarian international law. it is surgeon that syria respond to the demands of humanitarian actors and facilitate immediate, unimpeded and free access to the affected populations. it is important to this bureaucratic obstacles and ensure supplies of medical equipment, establish humanitarian pauses and open humanitarian grounds to make possible access across borders and across lines to the populations that are affected. with australia, luxembourg, humanitarian actors who are parties to the conflict in syria and injuring the common message of the celts will. we hope these efforts will soon lead to the adoption of a strong humanitarian text, the security comes must assume responsibility on this point as well and i listened with interest and carefully to the words of the at minister of foreign affairs in this regard. if i may in conc
amanda kerri and calamity which is full of suffering and displacement of people without precedent in recent history. the syrians need assistance and they need it now. they have right to assistance based on criteria of humanity, the most elementary codify humanitarian international law. it is surgeon that syria respond to the demands of humanitarian actors and facilitate immediate, unimpeded and free access to the affected populations. it is important to this bureaucratic obstacles and ensure...
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that's absolutely worthwhile and the right thing to go. >> secretary kerry just spoke. the talks he's conducting in geneva are occurring on the same day the report increase u.s. military assistance to the opposition forces. do those two tracks kind of cancel each other out? is there a chance that additional military support actually undermines diplomatic track -- >> well, without con sphirming specific report. we said some time that the president said we are -- have been stepping up our assistance to this syrian military opposition. the administration announced following credible evidence that the used chemical weapon against the syria people. it's prior to the massive attack. the president authors -- authorized the supreme military council in syria. that's the opposition's military. shown no boundaries in the willingness to kill civilians. so i think it's an important distinction in our response to them that the issue of assad's chemical weapons is distinctly problematic, and separate from -- a lot it's part of the civilian -- civil war. it's separate from our policy r
that's absolutely worthwhile and the right thing to go. >> secretary kerry just spoke. the talks he's conducting in geneva are occurring on the same day the report increase u.s. military assistance to the opposition forces. do those two tracks kind of cancel each other out? is there a chance that additional military support actually undermines diplomatic track -- >> well, without con sphirming specific report. we said some time that the president said we are -- have been stepping up...
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senator kerry does with that country can safely. the case was brought under the implementing legislation, not under the treaty itself. there will be no implementing legislation. here of course as senator kerry observed, there is no way to find some future congress from amending the adea but that's for the future and that is not at issue here. the purposes of the serve ability and if you take two examples that were raised earlier with senator kerry do they need to be stronger regulations a couple of them have been suggested and testimony will be given. i see no difficulty with making these strengthened reservations. but i also don't think that they are absolutely essential. why i ask because as the professor acknowledges and what is misunderstood in the convention of the congress already adopted a reservation and that were declaration that has the convention of being non- self-executing which he acknowledges will have the effect of preventing the direction from jude being enforceable on its own terms. they justify legislation that wo
senator kerry does with that country can safely. the case was brought under the implementing legislation, not under the treaty itself. there will be no implementing legislation. here of course as senator kerry observed, there is no way to find some future congress from amending the adea but that's for the future and that is not at issue here. the purposes of the serve ability and if you take two examples that were raised earlier with senator kerry do they need to be stronger regulations a...
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secretary of state john kerry will headline the event. president obama was there yesterday announcing a new government-wide effort to encourage foreign companies to open new factories and create jobs in the u.s. today's lineup includes remarks by penny pritzker, the discussion on free trade deals with the owes of bm -- ceos of bmw north america and caterpillar. this is live coverage on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> again, we are live this morning with coverage of a a conference, a commerce department business and investment conference with remarks from secretary of state john kerry. we'll hear first from commerce secretary penny pritzker, there will also be a discussion on free trade deals with the ceos of bmw north america and caterpillar. by the way, we'll have highlights of this conference from over the last two days includ
secretary of state john kerry will headline the event. president obama was there yesterday announcing a new government-wide effort to encourage foreign companies to open new factories and create jobs in the u.s. today's lineup includes remarks by penny pritzker, the discussion on free trade deals with the owes of bm -- ceos of bmw north america and caterpillar. this is live coverage on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible...
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we are lucky to have him serving with secretary kerry. generally and where we trust brazil, relationships will have to room to realize the potential for engagement, bilaterally on the stage and multi latterly as well. it has been a personal privilege to work with tom for several years. it is pleasure to have him this morning to share perspectives that are unique on the state of relations and the future of relations with the u.s. and brazil. we will have time moderated by the speaker as well. please join me in welcoming ambassador tom shannon. >> good morning. it is a great pleasure to be here. thank you jane and to the woodrow center. and tom harrington thank you for your work. and thank you paulo. we were talking about the great work the wilson center is doing and as many of you know this is a busy town. and there is a variety of interest and immediate interests. keeping your elected leaders and thought leaders focused on the larger neighborhood is sometimes a challenge. but i think the woodrow wilson center and the brazil institute are
we are lucky to have him serving with secretary kerry. generally and where we trust brazil, relationships will have to room to realize the potential for engagement, bilaterally on the stage and multi latterly as well. it has been a personal privilege to work with tom for several years. it is pleasure to have him this morning to share perspectives that are unique on the state of relations and the future of relations with the u.s. and brazil. we will have time moderated by the speaker as well....
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as senator kerry said a couple months ago when the executive order came out, it boils down to this. we've got to spot it and stop it. everyone can do that. i'm confident in the years ahead that we will find ways to stop it. do we don't know too we are making progress. moving from what had been a river free zone to a native data and research driven. that's going to take all of you. not saying someone should do something about this, is saying what can i do about this? tomorrow morning, think about what abraham lincoln brought about on the 31st of january in 1865. if you see not od, you realize he was counting votes. he was in a situation in washington today was dirty and messy and the stakes are high and by the time the sun went down in january 31st, he knew the next day the 13th amendment was about to end for a signature would be able to send it out to the states for ratification. you don't get to be in a situation where you can say you're walking in the footsteps of abraham lincoln or frederick douglass or harriet tubman, but by being here today, working on human trafficking, you pe
as senator kerry said a couple months ago when the executive order came out, it boils down to this. we've got to spot it and stop it. everyone can do that. i'm confident in the years ahead that we will find ways to stop it. do we don't know too we are making progress. moving from what had been a river free zone to a native data and research driven. that's going to take all of you. not saying someone should do something about this, is saying what can i do about this? tomorrow morning, think...
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and i believe secretary kerry outlined the grievances very clearly. the president has made clear that it is in our country's national security interest to degrade his chemical weapons capabilities and deter him from using them again. as secretary john kerry mentioned, yesterday we outline a way to accomplish this objective and avert military action, which would require the bashar al-assad regime to turn this over to international control so it can be destroyed forever as president obama noted in a verifiable manner. all of us are hopeful that this option could be a real solution to this crisis. yes, we must be clear and ensure that it is not installed by syria and its russian patriots. the threat of a u.s. military action is credible and a real threat of u.s. military action. as we are talking today and will continue to talk throughout the week. it was the president's determination to hold him accountable in fact he put this on the table enable this new diplomatic track to gain some momentum and credibility. the support for holding them accountable wi
and i believe secretary kerry outlined the grievances very clearly. the president has made clear that it is in our country's national security interest to degrade his chemical weapons capabilities and deter him from using them again. as secretary john kerry mentioned, yesterday we outline a way to accomplish this objective and avert military action, which would require the bashar al-assad regime to turn this over to international control so it can be destroyed forever as president obama noted...
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john kerry's son-in-law, which didn't come out in the vetting process, his son-in-law is an iranian. and iranian americans with very close world is in iran. and that is, it's a breakdown of the vetting process. and so i will ask you all, are you concerned about this? >> i would have to know more about the iranians. most iranian americans of course our strong opponents of every regime i don't know about this person. >> [inaudible] >> this could be a problem, to come in terms of pressure and blackmail. i would be concerned about that, you know. i would say if the state department is now aware of that fact, they may be able to take steps to protect him in some way or put him in some of the portfolio. but i don't know about the situation. >> since we are losing some media coverage, i just want to reiterate that there's a book called "persecuted: the global assault on christians." three of the three authors are here on this panel. we are grateful for your time. also, new website, persecutionreport.org. please don't neglect to visit that had to keep up on these important issues, and maybe
john kerry's son-in-law, which didn't come out in the vetting process, his son-in-law is an iranian. and iranian americans with very close world is in iran. and that is, it's a breakdown of the vetting process. and so i will ask you all, are you concerned about this? >> i would have to know more about the iranians. most iranian americans of course our strong opponents of every regime i don't know about this person. >> [inaudible] >> this could be a problem, to come in terms of...
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. >> thank you, senator kerry. i have the opportunity while i was in the house to travel a few times overseas with you, and i have seen the regard and respect that the officials in the of the countries have for you and for your record and for what you've done. i appreciate that and think that you are well-suited for this position. let me mention one item briefly and then ask you questions with regard to cuba. i felt perhaps differently than some of my colleagues on the panel that the best way to foster change and progress towards democracy is to allow travel, the free travel of americans to let them go as they wish. and i don't think that that is a weakness or any capitulation at all. it's a way to show strength and in fact i've often felt that if we want a get-tough policy with the castro brothers, we should force them to deal with spring break once or twice. [laughter] but in all seriousness, this president has taken measures to allow more americans to travel freely. relatives to travel for religious, cultural, e
. >> thank you, senator kerry. i have the opportunity while i was in the house to travel a few times overseas with you, and i have seen the regard and respect that the officials in the of the countries have for you and for your record and for what you've done. i appreciate that and think that you are well-suited for this position. let me mention one item briefly and then ask you questions with regard to cuba. i felt perhaps differently than some of my colleagues on the panel that the best...
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secretary of state john kerry. mr. president, sent to investigate the allegations confirmed chemical weapons were used in syria. the perpetrators of this crime must be brought to justice. this week the mission on the -- returned to syria to complete his investigations including the instance -- i expect the team's findings by next week. i will transmit a final report you and all member states. at the same time the international community has a responsibility to ensure that these weapons of mass destruction never remain as an instrument of terror. i welcomes syria's declaration to implement -- today's decision by the effective counsel for the prohibition of chemical weapons establishes ambitious but realistic deadlines for the verified elimination of the syrian program. given this task in the continuing conflict in syria the united nations and the opcw have a preliminary agreement that will be fully developed based on this resolution and will be the basis for my proposal to the council. i think director general for his c
secretary of state john kerry. mr. president, sent to investigate the allegations confirmed chemical weapons were used in syria. the perpetrators of this crime must be brought to justice. this week the mission on the -- returned to syria to complete his investigations including the instance -- i expect the team's findings by next week. i will transmit a final report you and all member states. at the same time the international community has a responsibility to ensure that these weapons of mass...
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and were fortunate to have him serving with secretary kerry. generally, and what we trust the steward of you as brazil, relations will have room for continued attention to realizing the potential for engagement, both bilaterally and the things that we can do together, cooperatively on the world stage multilaterally. it's been a personal privilege to work with tom shannon for more than a dozen years as i know it's a pleasure for all of us to have him with us here this morning to share perspectives that are really unique on the state of relations and the future of relations in u.s.-brazil. and we will have some time for discussion moderated by institute in brazil institute director as well. please join me in welcoming ambassador tom shannon. [applause] >> well, good morning. it's a great pleasure to be here. to jane harman, thank you very much for your warm welcome and thank you to the woodrow wilson center. to tony harrington, thank you for your very kind words. my mother appreciates them. to paulo sotero, thank you for the tremendous work you'v
and were fortunate to have him serving with secretary kerry. generally, and what we trust the steward of you as brazil, relations will have room for continued attention to realizing the potential for engagement, both bilaterally and the things that we can do together, cooperatively on the world stage multilaterally. it's been a personal privilege to work with tom shannon for more than a dozen years as i know it's a pleasure for all of us to have him with us here this morning to share...
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security council meeting in phi, secretary of state john kerry and u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon discussed the ongoing cop flick in the african great lakes region as well as humanitarian assistance in the area. other speakers included the president of the world bank and the be u.n. special envoy to the african great lakes region. [inaudible conversations] >> the 7,0 11th meeting of the security council is called to order. the provisional agenda for this meeting is the situation in the great lakes region, supporting the great lakes framework. without objection, the agenda is adopted. and it's my pleasure to warmly welcome the distinguished secretary general, the ministers and the other distinguished representatives in the security council chamber. i think everybody's participation here is an affirmation of the importance of the subject matter that is under discussion. under rule 37 of the council's provisional rules of procedure, i invite the representatives of belgium, burundi, the democratic republic of the congo, the republic of the congo, mozambiq
security council meeting in phi, secretary of state john kerry and u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon discussed the ongoing cop flick in the african great lakes region as well as humanitarian assistance in the area. other speakers included the president of the world bank and the be u.n. special envoy to the african great lakes region. [inaudible conversations] >> the 7,0 11th meeting of the security council is called to order. the provisional agenda for this meeting is the situation in...
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john kerry will brief the senate inking committee on wednesday -- banking committee on wednesday. what will we hear from him, what way is this decision to halt -- weight is this decision to halt likely to have? the hearing will be behind closed doors. we may hereafter would happen. if congress is to impose additional sanctions, there is a chance that that could make negotiations more difficult. it could encourage some of the countries that have been , thatsers of iranian oil they should stop complying with u.s. sanctions. there may be -- there could be from countries that have been holding back on their purchases of oil. they may decide that there is not really a diplomatic outcome in prospect here. they ought to start buying the oil again. anyways, that is the administration's warning that new sanctions could blow up all of the diplomacy at this point. many people in congress are not convinced of that. >> here on c-span2 the u.s. senate gaveling in next to take up the nomination of a judge for the u.s. circuit court of appeals also debate and action later today on an fda bill. li
john kerry will brief the senate inking committee on wednesday -- banking committee on wednesday. what will we hear from him, what way is this decision to halt -- weight is this decision to halt likely to have? the hearing will be behind closed doors. we may hereafter would happen. if congress is to impose additional sanctions, there is a chance that that could make negotiations more difficult. it could encourage some of the countries that have been , thatsers of iranian oil they should stop...
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the chemical weapons attacks, by the way, by senator kerry -- secretary kerry's own testimony in the house of representatives, this was -- there were 11 earlier uses of chemical weapons but they were smaller. but can you imagine the difficulty of trying to questionimpose ared line when ts crossed 11 times before, before the president tries to enforce it. but there's no -- there's no question that use of chemical weapons show an appalling disregard for human life and a cruel desire to terrorize the syrian population. i, like others, have consistently demanded that russia stop arming assad and stop defending him and blocking u.n. securit security council resolutions and aiding and abetting his barbaric atrocities against his own people. i want to see a free, democratic syria as much as anyone else, but that does not mean that i'm -- i will vote to support a reckless, ill-advised military intervention that could swrep jeopardize our most important national security interests. there have been a lot of people who've opined on the president's request, some better informed thathan others. o
the chemical weapons attacks, by the way, by senator kerry -- secretary kerry's own testimony in the house of representatives, this was -- there were 11 earlier uses of chemical weapons but they were smaller. but can you imagine the difficulty of trying to questionimpose ared line when ts crossed 11 times before, before the president tries to enforce it. but there's no -- there's no question that use of chemical weapons show an appalling disregard for human life and a cruel desire to terrorize...
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>> i have not talked to secretary kerry about those comments. i saw the comments. i would answer the question this way. secretary kerry and president karzai reached an agreement, which we, the president and the national security council signed off on. that agreement was the texts presented to loya jirga which president karzai empanelled. the loya jirga strongly endorsed that texts, that agreement and strongly recommended to president karzai to sign it. every public official we have heard from in afghanistan has strongly supported the signing of that agreement. now, the issue of who has the authority to speak for this offering nation of afghanistan, i suppose the lawyers can figure that out. but we would be interested in certainly a secretary of defense is whatever document is agreed to and as you know it has to be the parliament for ratification and if it's ratified at the parliament than whether it's the then the minister of defense or the president, someone who has the authority to sign on behalf of afghanistan. i suspect that would fulfill the kind of commitment
>> i have not talked to secretary kerry about those comments. i saw the comments. i would answer the question this way. secretary kerry and president karzai reached an agreement, which we, the president and the national security council signed off on. that agreement was the texts presented to loya jirga which president karzai empanelled. the loya jirga strongly endorsed that texts, that agreement and strongly recommended to president karzai to sign it. every public official we have heard...
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kerry later seemed to back off a little from the idea of a straight quid pro quo. perhaps he had admired a possible analogy that occur during the cold war when he was a young naval officer in vietnam. washington had deployed missiles to our nato ally turkey to help deter soviet incursions into western europe. moscow was not happy about it, and 1962 station offenses missiles in cuba, which led to the famous cuban missile crisis. conventional wisdom at that time was that president kennedy had stood down the soviets and forced nikita khrushchev to withdraw the missiles. a few months later, however, the u.s. missiles in turkey were also quietly withdrawn in what is now confirmed as an explicit trade off. so in that case, aggressive communist behavior managed to first provoke a crisis, then cool it down by appearing to back off, while extracting a significant concession that was not able to get otherwise. china sees the recent north korean crisis as an opportunity to reverse not only the u.s. actions of the past few weeks, but also the pivot that actually begin in the l
kerry later seemed to back off a little from the idea of a straight quid pro quo. perhaps he had admired a possible analogy that occur during the cold war when he was a young naval officer in vietnam. washington had deployed missiles to our nato ally turkey to help deter soviet incursions into western europe. moscow was not happy about it, and 1962 station offenses missiles in cuba, which led to the famous cuban missile crisis. conventional wisdom at that time was that president kennedy had...
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secretary kerry issued a statement months after the imprisonment. he issued a statement friday night a minute after the it closed at 6:01 p.m. talking about the pastor and expressing concern. he never mentioned that he was a christian pastor or that he's being basically sentenced for a. paul referred to libya, churches have been attacked there in recent weeking this month. a christian was from egypt in libya was tortured to death in egypt i.t. there is a mother of seven children who was sentenced her entire family fifteen years. for converting to christianity. she reconverted to christianity. >> i know there are number of specific cases. i want to back to the pastor. the american citizen held in iran right now. you implied that the that our state department has a renaissance about speaking out that this was done at the end of the day on friday. i assume you're saying for some reason deliberately and that the idea -- the fact he's a christian pastor was not mentioned. i want to know why do you think the administration -- what would the reasons be whe
secretary kerry issued a statement months after the imprisonment. he issued a statement friday night a minute after the it closed at 6:01 p.m. talking about the pastor and expressing concern. he never mentioned that he was a christian pastor or that he's being basically sentenced for a. paul referred to libya, churches have been attacked there in recent weeking this month. a christian was from egypt in libya was tortured to death in egypt i.t. there is a mother of seven children who was...
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that are third rail issues for president karzai politically, and he has elected now that secretary kerry has recently been there and has advanced the game a bit to, president karzai has elected to lateral the hard decision making on this to jirga. it is a traditional afghan approach where the elite within the society -- when i say elite, that doesn't mean the top echelons, it means the representative elements within the afghan society will come together, will break into committees. they'll consider the question that president karzai will put to the loyal jirga which is about conditions for the bilateral security agreement, they will recommend back to him whether afghanistan should go with it or not. now, who knows what the outcome of this will be. my guess is that as the afghans have seen really substantial improvement in their society over the last several years across of the measures of societal improvement whether it's life expect -- expect tan si or child mortality, none of that could have happened without the role of the united states and isaf providing that support specifically and
that are third rail issues for president karzai politically, and he has elected now that secretary kerry has recently been there and has advanced the game a bit to, president karzai has elected to lateral the hard decision making on this to jirga. it is a traditional afghan approach where the elite within the society -- when i say elite, that doesn't mean the top echelons, it means the representative elements within the afghan society will come together, will break into committees. they'll...
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and secretary of state kerry. north korea in particular, whether or not their program will proceed forward, and whether or not there's anything china can do about it or what the united states can do about it. and hopefully more discussion about just broader transparency issue. >> host: up first is denise. if you want to ask about china's military and security issues. the number is on your screen 202-585-3881. she's from pennsylvania. on the democratic line. go ahead. >> caller: hi. i'm calling because i'm wondering about the security with the we have the heritage and cato, and this is a 501(c)(4) heritage foundation. that's republican. i'm curious as to how they have their information on national security? >> guest: a small 501(c)(3). there's a significant difference there. if you're asking how do the chinese obtain information about the security. a lot by reading our media. watching c-span. they are observers of the military exercise and the war. there were chinese correspondents embedded with the u.s. forces dur
and secretary of state kerry. north korea in particular, whether or not their program will proceed forward, and whether or not there's anything china can do about it or what the united states can do about it. and hopefully more discussion about just broader transparency issue. >> host: up first is denise. if you want to ask about china's military and security issues. the number is on your screen 202-585-3881. she's from pennsylvania. on the democratic line. go ahead. >> caller: hi....
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it's discussed at great length by secretary kerry and love love are a. i want to ask you whether you think it is possibility to achieve anything significant at a geneva 2 conference now. in that sense, where you support it going forward. and perhaps you could also take this opportunity to does one of the issues that is central to this geneva 2 conference is how can the opposition get strong enough it can bargain effective late geneva and do better on the beaght field? >> well, this is a problem -- it was the problem with the first go around and going to be the problem in geneva 2. once the deal was done with the russians. it was done by two entities who are playing very different roles in syria. and so what happened is general -- trying to hold together what we understand as the free syrian army hopefully free of more radicals not going to be the case given the tide and how things are turning in syria. and they felt and probably legitimately so they got their leg cut out from under them. if somebody doesn't have the credibility to tell the opposition her
it's discussed at great length by secretary kerry and love love are a. i want to ask you whether you think it is possibility to achieve anything significant at a geneva 2 conference now. in that sense, where you support it going forward. and perhaps you could also take this opportunity to does one of the issues that is central to this geneva 2 conference is how can the opposition get strong enough it can bargain effective late geneva and do better on the beaght field? >> well, this is a...
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do we have the confidence to speak the way secretary kerry did? i'd have to say i was uncomfortable. i think i'm at least as nationalist as he is. i don't french, but i thought it was awkward he said we don't have to do a thing, not one thing. i just think you can't in good faith enter into a treaty and then say to the world, you can't complain. were not doing anything. we routinely have dispute in the wto. doesn't change. but when the body says no what you're doing in america strong commode to change her love. i don't think would find it so easy to just shrug off international criticism, particularly when it comes from the official committee set up to the fact that there compliance. anyone of these ruds we find ourselves on the road seemed okay, sorry, not supposed to do that. we'll change our law. that's what bothers people. >> thank you for her testimony, all you. mr. chairman pointing at for having this hearing. >> thank you, senator corker. just a couple questions for ms. west and after all the times that times that we need to use your expert
do we have the confidence to speak the way secretary kerry did? i'd have to say i was uncomfortable. i think i'm at least as nationalist as he is. i don't french, but i thought it was awkward he said we don't have to do a thing, not one thing. i just think you can't in good faith enter into a treaty and then say to the world, you can't complain. were not doing anything. we routinely have dispute in the wto. doesn't change. but when the body says no what you're doing in america strong commode to...
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secretary kerry issued a statement after nine months of prison that. you shoot a statement friday night after the business we closed, talking about mr. albertini in expressing concern. he never mentioned he was a pastor and being sent 10. but with all referred to libya. papa christian from egypt and libya was tortured to death. in egypt itself, there is a mother of seven children whose entire family was sent insta 15 years. her converting to christianity. >> i want to hear more -- i want to go back. but i'm not .. traditionally obviously things are put out there so they don't get attention. why would the current administration do that? what would their reasons be for not b being more vocal about it, or for not mentioning this to the pastor? or is that just an oversight? >> i can't believe it's an oversight. there's a pattern here. congressman frank wolf held a hearing on iran last week. the administration refused a witness. >> refused to send -- >> a witness to this hearing to talk about the pastor. >> could you guess why that would be? >> i really thi
secretary kerry issued a statement after nine months of prison that. you shoot a statement friday night after the business we closed, talking about mr. albertini in expressing concern. he never mentioned he was a pastor and being sent 10. but with all referred to libya. papa christian from egypt and libya was tortured to death. in egypt itself, there is a mother of seven children whose entire family was sent insta 15 years. her converting to christianity. >> i want to hear more -- i want...
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>> this seems to be, when i hear that kerry would have done this kind of thing, that we don't want to confront, counterproductive, but you are suggesting that confrontation is, in fact, the way to deal with these kind of issues. is that her? >> let's be clear we're not talking military confrontation year. but if there was a hiker as there has been abducted in iran, the state department has no hesitancy to come out and make the major issues of the case. but it seems like when christians are involved, there is, they shy away. another example of this, and it is found in both republican and democratic administrations on some very key issues, bush on iraq, but in 2010 there was the last turkey in afghanistan was shut down by the karzai government, or it was a 99 year lease council by a court. and that was the last winning church in afghanistan. our diplomatic our defense contractors now have to go and hide their worship behind a walled compound. afghanistan, while the surge was going on, over 100,000 american troops on the ground, joined saudi arabia as the only other country in the world
>> this seems to be, when i hear that kerry would have done this kind of thing, that we don't want to confront, counterproductive, but you are suggesting that confrontation is, in fact, the way to deal with these kind of issues. is that her? >> let's be clear we're not talking military confrontation year. but if there was a hiker as there has been abducted in iran, the state department has no hesitancy to come out and make the major issues of the case. but it seems like when...
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i thought secretary kerry did a great job last friday. unfortunately, they walked that back a little bit, and now it looks like it's walking forward. we will see. we've got the libertarian wing of the g.o.p., which i think you referred to, the rand pauls of the world who do not want involvement whatsoever. i don't agree with them. i think the united states has to be involved, but it has to be done in a meaningful, effective, muscular way. >> host: is there an economic argument for getting involved? >> >> no, there's not a direct economic argument. this is about mustard gas, about dictatorships, about killing harmless civilians and their children. we outlawed mustard gas, what, how many years ago? 1925-1927, again after world war ii, if i'm not mistaken, so i don't think it's an economic issue. it could have economic repercussions. i think that's a distant issue right now. the issue of oil always comes up with middle east up rest, as you probably know. so far, the price of oil has been really in a narrow trading range, 107-108 a barrel, no
i thought secretary kerry did a great job last friday. unfortunately, they walked that back a little bit, and now it looks like it's walking forward. we will see. we've got the libertarian wing of the g.o.p., which i think you referred to, the rand pauls of the world who do not want involvement whatsoever. i don't agree with them. i think the united states has to be involved, but it has to be done in a meaningful, effective, muscular way. >> host: is there an economic argument for getting...
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i think that what john kerry faces now is even more formable than it was in those days. i can't say that for sure. it's hard to judge. most times very difficult. but the key issue as well as the palestinian people and israeli people want peace enough to prevail on the leaders whoever they are that makes them comprise for peace. i think as far as a palestinians are concerned, the jordan river valley was never mentioned as being part of israel or controlled by israel. i believe until bill clinton was in office and went to camp dap david and so forth. i never dreamed when i was negotiating back in the earlier times that israel would control the jordan valley. we anticipated then israel will be all of palestinian from east jerusalem and gaza and the banks. that's a difference now. i'm not sure that the palestinians will ever accept israel controlling the jordan river valley as well as a major portion of the rest of the west bank. what they're talking about now is some land swap. that's been an interesting thing because i met with one of the most conservative leaders that isr
i think that what john kerry faces now is even more formable than it was in those days. i can't say that for sure. it's hard to judge. most times very difficult. but the key issue as well as the palestinian people and israeli people want peace enough to prevail on the leaders whoever they are that makes them comprise for peace. i think as far as a palestinians are concerned, the jordan river valley was never mentioned as being part of israel or controlled by israel. i believe until bill clinton...
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i'll leave that up to secretary kerry and the administration to sort that out. but i think if that is the goal, that's the objective, to try to contain this, then i think general dempsey's comments about regional issue is exactly right. then this can be achieved by just narrow strips of interest in this, but again i believe that up to secretary kerry. >> if i could add, jennifer. i think it's worth knowing whether these groups have any intent whatsoever to be moderate and inclusive, or whether they are from the start, intend to be radical and an exclusive. so i think finding that out, however we do so, is worth the effort. [inaudible] >> remember, i've said for some time, there are more groups the brand themselves as al qaeda. now, whether they actually aligned himself with al qaeda's global terrorist ideology is another issue. we are still learning about some of these groups spent this is a very complicated issue as you all know, just sorting out who's interests are whose interests and to represent to. it takes some time to do this, and i think the path we are
i'll leave that up to secretary kerry and the administration to sort that out. but i think if that is the goal, that's the objective, to try to contain this, then i think general dempsey's comments about regional issue is exactly right. then this can be achieved by just narrow strips of interest in this, but again i believe that up to secretary kerry. >> if i could add, jennifer. i think it's worth knowing whether these groups have any intent whatsoever to be moderate and inclusive, or...
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the lack for secretary kerry to talk with lavrov a lot. what is missing regional contact group difficult, though it may be. elliot may be skeptical. the bush administration, when iraq was at the darkest most -- moment took part in regional diplomacy conferences. i think turkey took the lead. maybe it didn't do much practically. a perhaps it was one of the pieces in in addition to the military sthawrnlg lead to a more pragmatic dialogue. how do you get an end to some of the worst behaviors leading to the fragmentation of syria. there's no regional strategy, as far as i can tell, to shape the actors who are engaged in syria now. >> we have great ideas. [inaudible] bottom up, top down. if you can negotiate a deal that doesn't reflect reality on the ground, if you want to do the deal you have to have an negotiation. you also have to change the reality on the ground. >> question. -- yes. >> we're not doing that. >> i'm thinking more and measure dr [inaudible] -- [inaudible] [laughter] [inaudible] >> agreeing on a number of different things here
the lack for secretary kerry to talk with lavrov a lot. what is missing regional contact group difficult, though it may be. elliot may be skeptical. the bush administration, when iraq was at the darkest most -- moment took part in regional diplomacy conferences. i think turkey took the lead. maybe it didn't do much practically. a perhaps it was one of the pieces in in addition to the military sthawrnlg lead to a more pragmatic dialogue. how do you get an end to some of the worst behaviors...
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response from secretary kerry in his opening statement this morning. we will show you some of that and back to your comments. >> we challenge the regime to turn him over to the secure control of the international community so that they could be destroyed. and that, of course, would be the ultimate way to degrade and that her assad's arsenal, it is the ideal weapon, ideal way to take this weapon away from him. assad's chief benefactor, the russians, have responded by saying that they would come up with a proposal to do exactly that. and we've made it clear to them, i have come in several conversations with foreign minister lavrov, that this cannot be a process of delay. this cannot be a process of avoidance, it has to be real, measurable, tangible. and it is exceedingly difficult to i want everybody here to know to fulfill those conditions. but we are waiting for that proposal. so we are not waiting for long. president obama will take a hard look at it, but it has to be swift. it has to be real. it has to be verifiable. it cannot be a delaying tactic. a
response from secretary kerry in his opening statement this morning. we will show you some of that and back to your comments. >> we challenge the regime to turn him over to the secure control of the international community so that they could be destroyed. and that, of course, would be the ultimate way to degrade and that her assad's arsenal, it is the ideal weapon, ideal way to take this weapon away from him. assad's chief benefactor, the russians, have responded by saying that they would...
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you're not watching some kerry gear. you write a character making choices in real times. you are living it in the present. and in the game, if you read the pdf digital era of game is you are not playing the game in order to win and ended. you are playing to keep the plan i've. you keep coming up with new ways to keep the game going. it's a sustainable strategy rather than 1184 conclusion. it's no longer climaxed through the fence sleep, the curve of narrative. instead, it is how long can we keep this going? which is a much better question to ask in a world delivered right out rather than the colonial estate come expansionist world. narrative collapse is one of them. the second one comes to this videogame and polls. we are constantly making choices all the time. what additional world tells us, particularly the digital relatives you can make choices. you can choose this and not bought the same time. for me, the challenge of living digitally is not information over the. you can't overload. i'm just not going to look. the real trick is digital technology is good at making cop
you're not watching some kerry gear. you write a character making choices in real times. you are living it in the present. and in the game, if you read the pdf digital era of game is you are not playing the game in order to win and ended. you are playing to keep the plan i've. you keep coming up with new ways to keep the game going. it's a sustainable strategy rather than 1184 conclusion. it's no longer climaxed through the fence sleep, the curve of narrative. instead, it is how long can we...
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new york times" bestseller called "unfit for command" which was a major factor in the defeat of john kerry in 2004. and he is a prolific author so he has not one, but two books that he will talk about today. what went wrong, the inside story of the gop debacle and how it can be avoided next time, but never went from a book number two is "bad samaritans: the aclu's campaign to erase faith from the public square." please welcome jerome corsi. [applause] >> thank you very much. first, i want to, i co-authored, want to acknowledge my great co-author, john o'neill and healthy as well. could not have done it, i could not have done it without john's assistance. he was a navy veteran, and he was a great honor to fight that battle. two books i have today i think are equally important messages. i want to start with this one on "bad samaritans," and the subtitle is the aclu's relentless campaign to erase faith from the public square. now, in the beginning of this book i trace the history of the aclu because i wanted to make it clear that this was not an accidental development. our founding fathers in
new york times" bestseller called "unfit for command" which was a major factor in the defeat of john kerry in 2004. and he is a prolific author so he has not one, but two books that he will talk about today. what went wrong, the inside story of the gop debacle and how it can be avoided next time, but never went from a book number two is "bad samaritans: the aclu's campaign to erase faith from the public square." please welcome jerome corsi. [applause] >> thank you...
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in 2011, i joined our former colleague john kerry in coauthoring the defense strong act as an initial step to address this crisis. provisions of that bill were signed into law as part of the fiscal year 2012 national defense authorization act. they provide survivors of sexual assault the assistance of advocates with genuine confidentiality. they provide guaranteed access to an attorney and expedited consideration to be transferred far away from their assailant. earlier this year i introduced the coast guard strong act to extend these protections to coast guard members, and i thank chairman levin and ranking member inhofe and senator mccaskill for their work to include these provisions in this year's ndaa. more than anything, survivors need to have the confidence that the legal system in which they report a crime will produce a just and fair result. based upon data from the department of defense's most recent sexual assault prevention and response survey, that view is not held by enough service members or survivors. as a result, i've supported and introduced legislation with senators g
in 2011, i joined our former colleague john kerry in coauthoring the defense strong act as an initial step to address this crisis. provisions of that bill were signed into law as part of the fiscal year 2012 national defense authorization act. they provide survivors of sexual assault the assistance of advocates with genuine confidentiality. they provide guaranteed access to an attorney and expedited consideration to be transferred far away from their assailant. earlier this year i introduced...
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as you know, secretary kerry was just recently there. i talked to secretary kerry sunday night. he was in tokyo, he called me and we had a a long conversation about it. i'll see him today. we'll have a further conversation about it. both of us focused on the same issue. we ed more help for china here from the reasons you mentioned. so let me leave it there before i ask general dempsey to respond. you're right. we're doing everything question within our frame work here to encourage the chinese to do more. and i think that we are seeing some response to that issue is not over. we know that. i think it's moving in the right direction with the chinese. i'll add, senator, you can be sure that's going to be on the top of the agenda when i'm in china. i'll be happy to give you a call when i come back. >> i'm sure you'll come up with a more polite way to say knock it off. >> i wrote it down. >> i appreciate it. >> thank you for being here and your leadership. >> i think it might be helpful if you get a translation of knock it off, that kind of directness, i think reflects feeling of eve
as you know, secretary kerry was just recently there. i talked to secretary kerry sunday night. he was in tokyo, he called me and we had a a long conversation about it. i'll see him today. we'll have a further conversation about it. both of us focused on the same issue. we ed more help for china here from the reasons you mentioned. so let me leave it there before i ask general dempsey to respond. you're right. we're doing everything question within our frame work here to encourage the chinese...
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how are they doing to claim that phrase command to the ambassador ross, how is secretary kerry during? >> that is one long questions we have to have short answers to those. >> go ahead. [laughter] >> i think both ambassador rice ambassador power are in an extraordinarily difficult situation from the point of view of having both been very active in libya and obviously outside of office, but an office of supporting the intervention in libya, and certainly i think wanting to be able to act in serious, but part of what's happened with all of this is at every turn, it looks absolutely awful. it is profit in certainty. or you going to do this and get out of it? we are better off not acting until year later or six months later when it looks like if we had only acted six months ago, maybe we could have done something. so the question now i think if we don't act now in a year or two years we are going to be looking at a middle eastern equivalent of the 30 year war and we are going to be wishing where once again you have sectarian and borders on a sectarian conflict and borders at issue and the
how are they doing to claim that phrase command to the ambassador ross, how is secretary kerry during? >> that is one long questions we have to have short answers to those. >> go ahead. [laughter] >> i think both ambassador rice ambassador power are in an extraordinarily difficult situation from the point of view of having both been very active in libya and obviously outside of office, but an office of supporting the intervention in libya, and certainly i think wanting to be...
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. >> it was interesting to me that john kerry in his hearings last week, his prepared statement upside scored very aggressively the -- underscored the notion that the president did not want a containment option for iran but, in fact, wanted to see the program ended. interesting because there's nothing in our policy, of course, that underpins that statement. so it was a little bit of a disconnect from reality. i like fred's term, consensus reality. before we open the floor to questions from you all, and i'm going to do that next, i want to just touch on two questions quickly. maybe, actually, three questions quickly but really fast. the first is what do we learn from the nominations that we've seen in the national security sphere? senator kerry has benefited enormously by being the least of the controversial candidates that have been nominated in that sphere, and so it's very likely his nomination will sail through the senate with the greatest of ease. senator hagel's hearings begin next week. he has been, perhaps, the most controversial. if he had not been nominated and somebody well q
. >> it was interesting to me that john kerry in his hearings last week, his prepared statement upside scored very aggressively the -- underscored the notion that the president did not want a containment option for iran but, in fact, wanted to see the program ended. interesting because there's nothing in our policy, of course, that underpins that statement. so it was a little bit of a disconnect from reality. i like fred's term, consensus reality. before we open the floor to questions...
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how, kerry. >> caller: huh. thank you. was there a big age difference between the president and mrs. garfield? >> guest: i don't recall. i just -- i think it was five years or less but i don't remember the specific birth dates. the pratt when is shot july 2nd and lingers until sims. the decision is made to move him to the jersey shore. >> guest: the very place he had been headed to see her and join her, and that is where he do is. in her presence. and what is really interesting is that among the many, many letters she received, she gets one from a former first lady, julia tyler, who not only sends a telegram, as does former first lady sara polk, but mrs. tyler writes her a letter and says, i wanted to emphasize that you and -- she used the word -- a sister -- in talking about this sort of idea of a sort of almost sorority of presidential spouses. >> host: and the funeral. 250,000 people came. set the stage for us on this victorian era funeral and what it was like. >> guest: well, to me, one of the -- what says it all is th
how, kerry. >> caller: huh. thank you. was there a big age difference between the president and mrs. garfield? >> guest: i don't recall. i just -- i think it was five years or less but i don't remember the specific birth dates. the pratt when is shot july 2nd and lingers until sims. the decision is made to move him to the jersey shore. >> guest: the very place he had been headed to see her and join her, and that is where he do is. in her presence. and what is really...
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this is the question from kerry elected. he said this question comes from a brain trust of my friends at global telecoms supplier yesterday. anybody here from mineola aquatics east texas. it just shows the wisdom of everyday people as opposed to political people. we were sitting around talking about libya were reading and became aware of but benghazi libya prior to the attacks that killed four americans. there was the question. who was it that tonight enhanced security and why? now, i would like your comments about what was the right question that should have been asked and how we should make sure president obama and 30 while on the national stage at a critical moment when the deaths were still fresh. a school in reverse order this time if we can. >> when i said american journalists must enter exceptions in new media and of course fox news and one brave soul at cbs news suzanne reporting on this and probably keeps a resume handy. >> is her first or last kiss and her reporting on cbs. [applause] >> again, in the state departm
this is the question from kerry elected. he said this question comes from a brain trust of my friends at global telecoms supplier yesterday. anybody here from mineola aquatics east texas. it just shows the wisdom of everyday people as opposed to political people. we were sitting around talking about libya were reading and became aware of but benghazi libya prior to the attacks that killed four americans. there was the question. who was it that tonight enhanced security and why? now, i would...
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senator kerry was talking earlier about the excellence in u.s. higher education, how that's always helped us and we've trained for and other engineers. but those days are ending. so our natural design advantages they think are going to be harder to come by going forward. so we need those things so we're not certain with a 10% to 20% cost disadvantage. >> we talked about this in the european context. tpp is closer to fruition. what would it mean for caterpillar? >> we have a huge business in asia are growing that's probably the single largest opportunity over the next decade or so. we have to be there. again, i come back to the point that it's likely that a lot of those countries with or without us. we'll be looking into a market that we had to be competing with. there's another one almost of africa because i'm kind of passionate about this. we watched the chinese really take over africa. they come in with their own financing, their own engineering was sometimes their own workers to take over minerals, extraction, oil and gas, hydroelectric power
senator kerry was talking earlier about the excellence in u.s. higher education, how that's always helped us and we've trained for and other engineers. but those days are ending. so our natural design advantages they think are going to be harder to come by going forward. so we need those things so we're not certain with a 10% to 20% cost disadvantage. >> we talked about this in the european context. tpp is closer to fruition. what would it mean for caterpillar? >> we have a huge...
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last week i discussed it with john kerry here in london and other close partners with the friends of the syrian people in rome. in rome i also met the syrian national coalition's president and welcomed his brave announcement that the national coalition is open to direct talks with members of the assad regime. we continue our efforts to develop common ground with russia. i will have talked with the russian foreign minister later this afternoon and next week also here in london. and at the end of january, the u.n. and arab league special representative for syria set out a credible plan for the establishment of a transitional authority in syria. we're working with allies to achieve, if at all possible, security council backing for a transition process, and i'm meeting mr. bra brahimi again ao this afternoon. the fact is diplomacy is taking far too long, and the prospect of an mealed breakthrough is -- an immediate breakthrough is slim. lance armstronger number of refugees and confrontation. the international community cannot stand still in the face of this reality. our policy has to mov
last week i discussed it with john kerry here in london and other close partners with the friends of the syrian people in rome. in rome i also met the syrian national coalition's president and welcomed his brave announcement that the national coalition is open to direct talks with members of the assad regime. we continue our efforts to develop common ground with russia. i will have talked with the russian foreign minister later this afternoon and next week also here in london. and at the end of...
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secretary kerry seems to be lukewarm on the subject. and i'd ask you to reflect on the wisdom of conducting such a review to justify a larger budget for the state department and usaid. and would you recommend that secretary kerry take such a review more seriously? thank you. >> um, what i find -- first of all, you guys have a big budget. you don't have to worry about the qddr. [laughter] let me just say this, what is interesting, and i want to talk a little bit about the evolution of what happened is i think when you're sitting at the state department, you really do look with some envy at what happens at the defense department and the qdr, the quadrennial defense review, and a variety of the kinds of documents that the defense department puts out. the part, if you're secretary of state, you do -- and i, again, speak for myself -- is in terms of not having a lot of control over various parts of the diplomatic or the civilian budget and how does usaid fit into it. i remember despite the fact that brian atwood as administrator was one of m
secretary kerry seems to be lukewarm on the subject. and i'd ask you to reflect on the wisdom of conducting such a review to justify a larger budget for the state department and usaid. and would you recommend that secretary kerry take such a review more seriously? thank you. >> um, what i find -- first of all, you guys have a big budget. you don't have to worry about the qddr. [laughter] let me just say this, what is interesting, and i want to talk a little bit about the evolution of what...
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exhaustively by a colin powell and it was supported by the congress of the united states for senator john kerry senator john jay rockefeller and agreed to by the allies that there should be a regime change passed by a democratic house and democratic senate president of the united states and the idea that it has become a theme against president bush is unfortunate and a result of the fact a narrative has been promoted in much of the media that factually is not the case. with iraq, i don't know. we do know that saddam hussein is gone. the butcher of baghdad to use chemical weapons on kurds come on his own people, his neighbors. we know he killed hundreds of thousands of people, the masquerades in that country were heartbreaking to see. that countries still have ethnic divisions and we know they have elected a prime minister and that they have a parliament and people were proud and later they jumped in and now participate. is it a tough part of the world? you bet. is it an easy path? no way. eight will be a tough road. but it was a tough road for us. look at our country slaves into the 1800's, a w
exhaustively by a colin powell and it was supported by the congress of the united states for senator john kerry senator john jay rockefeller and agreed to by the allies that there should be a regime change passed by a democratic house and democratic senate president of the united states and the idea that it has become a theme against president bush is unfortunate and a result of the fact a narrative has been promoted in much of the media that factually is not the case. with iraq, i don't know....
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it was supported by the congress including hilary clinton, john kerry, and rockefeller. it had been the policy of the united states for a decade that there should be regime changed and that was signed by president clinton president of the united states at the time. the idea that has become a theme against president bush it seems to me is a. unfortunate. and a narrative has been made in the media which isn't the case. in iraq, what is going to happen? i don't know. we know that saddam hassan is bad. he used chemical weapons on his own people/his neighbors. we know he killed hundreds of thousands of people. the mass graves in that country were heartbreaking to see. we know the country has ethnic issues still. they have elected a prime minister, president and a par parliment. it is a tough part of the world? you bet. is it going to be an easy road? no way. it is going to be tough. but we had slaves in the 1800s and killed 600,000 americans in a bloody war. women didn't vote until the 1900s. it is bumpy road for almost every country. how it comes out, i don't know. i know th
it was supported by the congress including hilary clinton, john kerry, and rockefeller. it had been the policy of the united states for a decade that there should be regime changed and that was signed by president clinton president of the united states at the time. the idea that has become a theme against president bush it seems to me is a. unfortunate. and a narrative has been made in the media which isn't the case. in iraq, what is going to happen? i don't know. we know that saddam hassan is...
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they are not taken to commercial books, although a kerry commercial books, i have to if i want to pay the rent and i'm happy to do that. but they are really interested in more esoteric books and the specific books of different subjects. lots of them come in. they don't need to ask for help. they know exactly where they want to go, where the new books are, but we do our best to help them find what they want and introduce them to new things. that's our job to find those books that they would never hear about. we read hundreds of journals and reviews, hand-picked by her senior, hancock every book we put in here and that's a bit of a difference in philosophy from some other bookstores and that's why we have succeeded and are still here because we try to have high quality unusual unique selection of books in so far as work. i'll think i'll independent bookstores are as concerned about service and their customers as they should be. we are absolutely devoted to be not only a store providing good quality customer service, but hospitality. that's the big thing. we want people to feel comfortab
they are not taken to commercial books, although a kerry commercial books, i have to if i want to pay the rent and i'm happy to do that. but they are really interested in more esoteric books and the specific books of different subjects. lots of them come in. they don't need to ask for help. they know exactly where they want to go, where the new books are, but we do our best to help them find what they want and introduce them to new things. that's our job to find those books that they would...
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here is an exchange between the secretary kerry and congressman duncan. you'll notice the code pink protesters seated behind secretary kerry. athisnk you, mr. chairman. i can't discuss the possibilityn in syria civilhe possibi war without talking about benghazi. administration has a serious credibility issue with americani people, question surrounding thy terrorist attack in benghazie americ almost a year ago. when you factor the irs attack t targeting of conservative groups, the ap and james rosen issue and the nsa spying program. there's a need for accountability and trust progra, building from the administration.ountabilitand i'm not upset a you're not am notg me the truth. from now on i can't believe the administration has a credibility issue. they are watch for the response. almost a what difference does it response make now? this is a difference -- these issues call in to questioi the accountability of thistheses administration. the commitment to the personnel on the ground and the judgment that it uses when making these determinations. the american
here is an exchange between the secretary kerry and congressman duncan. you'll notice the code pink protesters seated behind secretary kerry. athisnk you, mr. chairman. i can't discuss the possibilityn in syria civilhe possibi war without talking about benghazi. administration has a serious credibility issue with americani people, question surrounding thy terrorist attack in benghazie americ almost a year ago. when you factor the irs attack t targeting of conservative groups, the ap and james...
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it was supported by congress to united states including senators hillary clinton, senator john kerry, senator jay rockefeller. it was agreed to by our allies. it had been the policy of the united states for a decade that there should be redeemed change in iraq. was passed by a democratic senate, signed by bill clinton. president of the united states. and the ideas that that has become a theme against president bush, seems to me, it's unfortunate and a result of the fact that a narrative has been promote in much of the media which actually isn't the case. now, on iraq what's going to happen? i don't know. we do know a couple of things. we know that saddam hussein is gone your the butcher of baghdad. he used chemical weapons on kurds, his own people, on his neighbors. we know that he killed hundreds of thousands of people. the mass graves in that country were heartbreaking to say the least. we know that the country still has ethnic divisions among the kurds and the shia and sunni. we know, however, that they've elected a prime minister and a president. we know they have a parliament. we
it was supported by congress to united states including senators hillary clinton, senator john kerry, senator jay rockefeller. it was agreed to by our allies. it had been the policy of the united states for a decade that there should be redeemed change in iraq. was passed by a democratic senate, signed by bill clinton. president of the united states. and the ideas that that has become a theme against president bush, seems to me, it's unfortunate and a result of the fact that a narrative has...
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glorious period we didn't have children and we lived in this little suburb of washington which john kerry to read i think 83 code 20, something like that. and, you know, again we had a pet spa and no kids anywhere. we had our children, we moved out which bush carried something like 80 tarincot 20 and as you pull into the community there is a big road sign that says watch children the entire community because there are kids running around everywhere. people as bill bishop noted the move into these little communities. >> host: does it have to be that way? >> guest: i don't know. that is the next question. i kind of wish it wasn't that way. i think most people wish it wasn't that way to beat this is a part of what has happened i think with increasing mobilization in america. if you go back a generation or two generations suppose, you would be in a suburban town in pennsylvania or new york state and on any given street he would have people from every single age group. the old people in the neighborhood, people who are older, people who are in their middle child bearing years and people just s
glorious period we didn't have children and we lived in this little suburb of washington which john kerry to read i think 83 code 20, something like that. and, you know, again we had a pet spa and no kids anywhere. we had our children, we moved out which bush carried something like 80 tarincot 20 and as you pull into the community there is a big road sign that says watch children the entire community because there are kids running around everywhere. people as bill bishop noted the move into...